2015Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2015 election for Louisiana House District 39
Louisiana House of Representatives · Louisiana
Julie Emerson (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Stephen Ortego (D) by 2.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Julie EmersonRepublican · winner
51.0%6,149
Stephen OrtegoDemocrat · incumbent
49.0%5,902
12,051 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2015
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET